Graining-tool.



T. J. MOELHENIE.

GRAINING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1913.

1,120,832. Patented Dec. 15, 1914;

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THOMAS J. MCELHENIE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGTQ'OE TO THE OHIO VARNISI-I COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A. CORPORATIQN OF OHIO.

GRAINING-TOOL.

Application filed March 20, 1913. Serial No. 755,6?1.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that LTHouAs J. MoEL- nnnm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in (Training-Tools, of which the following is afull, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. I v f The object of this invention-is to provide a useful comb for use by grainers in producing finishes in imitation of various woods. The comb is particularly designed for use on depressed surfaces, likethepanels of doors, windows, moldings, etc, and may also be used in small grooves, corners and small curved surfaces, both depressed curves and convex surfaces, such as the rounded corners of window casings and quarterro-und moldings. To provide: for the proper treatment of such surfaces I have devised a peculiarly shaped body carrying a series of soft rubber combs of'diflerent fineness- 0n each side of this body is carried a flat block having combs on the edges of different shapes and length, adapted to fit mto various surfaces, corners, and narrow grooves, and adapted to-be brought out and clamped in an operative position with respect to the,

body to accommodate the particular surface which the workman wishes to'comb. The shape of the body allows various comparatively inaccessible surfaces to be operated on, while these blocks on the sides may be so adjusted to reach still more inaccessible surfaces and of a greater variety of'shapes. The different widths of teeth of the combs provide for producing imitations of different kinds of wood.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings hereof and is hereinafter more fully described and the essential characteristics set out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the side of my comb, showing one of the blocks attached to the side in an operative position;

. Fig.2 is a view of the other sideshowing the other block with one of the combs in an operative position, while the block shown in the first view is clamped in a position, out of the way, and does not show in this view; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central seccorresponding wings. comb-to act clear up to the edge of any surtion of the tool showing the method ,of clampingthe blocks to the body; Fig. 4: is a transverse section thereof taken on the line 4 l of Fig. 3.

The body of the tool is designated 5. It may be wood or other suitable material. ,It is. flat and has two side wings 6 and 7 and a comparatively long wing 8 at one end. These wings carry rubber graining combs,

designated 10, 11 and 12 respectively. These combs 1 0,11'and 12arepreferably considerably thinner than the body 5 and are held to these'wingsby seating in grooves therein,

face to which the wing can present it, and the wing, by extending from the body, can reach the various depressedsurfaces. For example, the combs 10 and 11 may be used on any panel, a depression of which back of the tile is not greater than the projecti on of the wing and comb. I find that these projections maybe made of suiiicient length to accommodate all ordinary doors and molding, while allowing the whole tool to be in a convenient compass. For more depressed surfaces, the long wing 8 is provided, the comb on this, wing being able to reach very deep molding, stairway spindles, etc., or used to reach under the railings on porches, for example.

The two blocks carried on each side of the bodyl 8 form adjustable wings which may be used to reach many kinds of surfaces and'corners. Each of these blocks 14: and 15 has L-shaped' slots through theirmiddle portion, designated respectively 1? and 18. Passing through these slots are bolts 20, each having a squared head 21 fitting into a slot 22 made. throughthe middleportion of the body 8 andhaving an open end 23 through which these heads 21 may be passed. On each side of the grooves are thin metal Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd Dec. 15, 1914:.

This enables the strips having their inner edges just far. enough apart to admit the. body of the bolt 20 and overhang the slot 22 to engage the head 21 of the bolt 20. The bolts 20 are provided with washers 25 and thumb screws 26, and it will be seen that they may be moved to any position along the slot 20, and the block 14 and 15 clamped. firmly in vari ous positions and at any angle with the body, or either block may be removed altogether, if desired. These block 1% and15 are preferably made somewhat thinner than the body 8 and have combs, aroundqtheir various-shaped edges, which are the equal in width to the thickness of the block and'may be secured thereto by cement, nails, or any suitable means. It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that these block 14' and 15 may be ,clamped into position to correspond to any of the wings 10, 11 and 12, while having a great variety of combs of different fineness and of different width, as well as being adapted'to fit different shaped'surfaces. For example, the comb 26', in Fig. 1, might be used to comb wood which is intended to represent quarter-sawed oak, by drawing'it across the wood, while holding'it diagonally to the direction of movement. In such case the width ofthe teeth would producerather wide stripes, asdesired. The small comb27 on the corner near the one end of the comb 26'1uight be used in connection with the comb 26 to reach into acorner, for example. The comb 28, which is somewhat narrower than thecomb 26, might be used on a narrowpanel for which the comb 26 would'b'e too wide. It will be seen that either of the blocks 14; and 15 might be conveniently used to grain surfaces, which were not flat or parallelwi th theother work being grained; by setting the block around at a suitable angle. The block- 15 carries a curved comb 29, whichis shown in position for operation in Fig. 2, adapted to grain rounded corners or half-round moldings, for example. The small comb SOmight'be used for many comparatively inaccessible corners and for molding having many small curves in its surface. The convex curved comb 32 might be used for concaved surfaces, such as the fillet1frequently usedaround the'edgesof the floor. The comb 3iis intended" to'be used for sur faces narrower than those which could be reached by the combEZS and is conveniently used on surfaces notilatzor parallelwitli the rest of the work.

The tool described is very simple and:

cheap of construction and is convenient to hold in the hand, and I have foundlby actual experience'that' it is very effective andconvenientin use and provides for reaching surfaces of variouscharacters which thethis. character which can conveniently reach these various surfaces, instead of having to rely on wiping out with the cloth, for example, I reduce the skill required in the treatment of such surfaces, and thus enable an amateur to more easily perform the processes mentioned.

-Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A graining comb comprising a fiat body having a wing projecting from its side and a second wing projecting from its end, the width of said wings being difierent, and graining' combs carried by the respective wings and extending substantially the full width thereof; 7

2. In a tool of the character described, a flat body having a wing projecting from a side and a wing of different dimensionsprojecting from one end, and" graining combs of difierent pitch carried by said wings respectively, said combs extending substantially the full'length of the wings.

3. In a tool of the character described, a flat body having a graining comb on its edges, and a flat block adj ustably carried on oneside of thebody and having a graining comb on its edge.

e: In: a tool' of the character described, a flat body having wings projecting from two sides, graining combs carried by said wings-respectively, a block carried on each side of the fiat body and having various shaped edges carryin graining combs on such edges and adapted to be brought into operative position or moved to aninoperative position between the wings.

5. Ina graining tool of the character described, a fiat body having projecting wings, graining combs-carried by these wings, a flat'bloclr carried on each side of the fiat body havingvarious shaped edges, graining combscarried on these edges, and means for clamping eachblock in an operative or inoperative position.

6. Aflatbody, a graining comb carried-by an edge thereof, said body having a slot in one of its flat'sides, a block having a graining'comb on its edge, and means slidable in the slot for clamping the block in various positions.

7. In a tool of the character described, a flat body havingprojecting wings, graining combs carried by said wings, a slot in the body having overhanging? edges, a bolt having a head slidable insaid slot, and a fiat block having various 1 shaped edges, graining combs car'ied on said edges, said blocks being adapted" to be clamped by the bolt in position to use any of the various combs on: itsedges.

S; In a tool of the character described, a flat body having'a slot therein, boltshaving their'heads ada ted to slide in said slot, means atthe sides'of the slots for'engaging the heads of the bolt, flat blocks adjacent the In testimony whereof, I hereunto am my sides of the flat block body and having slots signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

therethrough adapted to fit over these bolts, I THOMAS J. MOELHENIE.

means on the bolts for clamping these blocks Witnesses: f 5 in Various positions, and graining combs v t J. E. HARRINGTON,

carried'on the edges of the blocks. t W. M. HILLEARY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. 7

Washington, D. 0. 1 

